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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
DIVING FOR PENNIES.

Dangerous Sport OF the Arabian Boys In
the Deep Waters OF the Red Sea--Too
Lively for Shark Food.
Some sports. engaged in for fun or a
penny, are 80 dangerous as to chal-
lenge the fear of all beholders. A trav-
eler, whose vessel had anchored off
the coast of Arabia. two-thirds of the
distance down the Red Sea, describes
perilous game of the urchins Of that
region. Going on deck in the morn
ing he noticed some bobbing black OBJ
jects in the water, and said to the cap
tain: What are those things SWIM
mingp Sharks. supposep'
swell, land-sharks you might call
'em, p'r'aps. Take my glass and try
again."
A look through the glass speedily
transformed the black objects into the
faces of Arab children, who were APP
parently not more than five or six
years old. The vessel was at least a
mile from the shore, and the water was
deep enough at any point to drown the
very tallest of these little adventurers.
The Liliputian swimmers drew near,
with shrill cries and elfish laughter;
when a final stroke of their lean arms
had brought them alongside, there
arose universal chorus Of 'Piastre.
hos0adjs" Ga penny, sirD
''Chuck 'em copper. and you'll see
something good" said the Captain.
One was tossed into the water, and
instantly the smooth, bright surface
was dappled with a forest Of tiny
brown toes, all turning up at once, as
the boy-divers plunged together.
BY this time the entire crew had as
sembled to witness the sport. and a
shower of EXPLANATIONS was to be
heard: There's one of 'em got itr'
mo, he ain'tp'
Eyes. he has! see him a-coming
up with itr'
The successful diver rose, and was at
once surrounded by three or four pi-
ratical comrades, who did their best to
snatch away the hard-won coin. As
the boy reached the surface, he held
up his prize triumphantly, and then
popped it into his mouth. his only
pocket.
In a moment crafty comrade swan
up behind and tickled him under the
chin, whereupon the mouth opened and
out dropped the coin into the water. A
genuine fight and scramble ensued.
while the air rang with shouts and
laughter.
Meantime, two sharks appeared at
perilously short distance from the ex-
cited divers, but their presence seemed
to produce no effect whatever upon the
urchins. atS
AREN'T they afraid Of sharks?"
asked the traveller of the captain
..Not they! They make too much
row for any shark to come near them!
Sharks are very easy scared. for all
they're 50 savage"
But the observers, unaccustomed to
the boys game. would scarcely have
cared to trust to sharks timidity.-
Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
Accident, Suicide or Murderf

CHICAGO, May 3-Seth NJ. Murdough,
manager of the Boston Oyster House, fell
from the roof of the building, corner of
Clark and Madison streets, in which the
restaurant is situated about two o'clock
this afternoon, and was instantly killed,
the body being horribly mangled. Muir
dough is supposed to have gone to the
roof to examine a pipe and to have acct
.deutalIy fallen of, but there are some in.
dications of suicide or possibly murder,
On the roof was found a pistol with one
chamber empty, and there are also prints
of hand with blood along the edge OF
the roof. One theory is that Murdougf
fwas followed to the roof by some one ane
Auod
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
s.r,.x want Their Legal Rights.

READING, Pa. May A number OF the
arivera and conductors of the Perkiomeu
Avenue Passenger Railway Company, In
this CITY, went on strike at noon yester-
day owing to failure to come to terms
with the company in regard to the recent
act of the Legislature, limiting the service
TO twelve hours per day, and granting ex-
ira compensation for overtime. The men
want twelve hours to be considered
days work and to be paid extra for all
over that time. The City Passenger Rail.
way Company compromised with their
employees by agreeing to pay portion OF
the extra compensation asked for, rnd the
men have struck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
wants . Divorce and Aiimony.

NRw YORK, May Mrs Grace Deems
has brought suit for divorce and alimony
against her husband, Frank Deems, q
physician of this city, son Of Rev. Chas,
F. Deems, the we'll known pastor Of the
Church Of the Strangers, and friend of the
late Commodore Vanderbilt. Mrs. Deems
charges cruelty and neglect. She alleges
that her husband became a wreck through
the use of opium, and she was worn out
by taking care of him. She further al
leges that her husband and Rev. DIR.
Deems turned her penniless into the
street Mr.. Deems inuerposes general
denial, says he is cured of the opium hab-
it, and has offered to support plain tiff,
but that she refuses to live with him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
She Offered a Reward.

City Editor Ito woman in tears)-
You say that you haven't seen your
husband for three daysp
Woman-Yes, sir.
City Editor-And that a valuable lit
tie dog belonging TO you disappeared
this morninge
Woman-Yes, sir; and want to ad,
vertise for 'em.
City Editor-Any reward offeredp
Woman-Yes, sir; ten dollars for the
dog and five dollars for the husband -
Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
The west virginia sena.orsh,p,

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 4.-Tho ballot
at the extra session of the West Virginia
Legislature to-day resulted: J. n Cam
den, Dem, 43; w. n. 81. Flick, Rep, 80.
Senator Lucas received none. As it re-
quires but IS to elect, it is almost a fore
gone conclusion that Mr.. Camden will be
elected
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-12
m IN. Battle-Field of Gettysburg.

GErrYspuRa, Pa, May 5-The Maine
and wisconsin Monument Commissions
inspected the battlefield to-day. Com
wandering Chief Fairchild, g. A. R., re.
ceiyed posts tonight, and a campfire waa
held.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
HOME.

Oh what is homc' that sweet corapanionshil
Of life the better part;
The happy smile Of welcome on the lip
Upsp,inging from the heart
1t is the eager clasp of kindly hands,
The long remembered tone,
The ready sympathy which understands
All feeling by its own.
The rosy check of little children pressed
Toours in loving glee;
The presence of our dearest and our best,
No matter where we be.
And, failing this, prince may homeless live
Though palace walls are nigh;
And, having it, desert shore NAV give
The joy wealth cannot buy.
Far reaching as the earth's remotest span,
Widespread as ocean foam,
One thought is sacred in the breast of man -
1t is the thought of home.
That little word his human fate shall bind
With destinies above,
For there the home of his immortal mind
Is in Gods wider love.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
HuMOR OF THE DAY.

The Prince of WaiIs-The tom cat
An important question-Is her father
wealthy? Bits
The crematory is the burn from which
no traveller returns. Pittsburgh Dpntch.
Tho fishery question-Did you bring
the flask with you, Jack?-Boston Cou-
rioF.
How to keep the boys at home-induce
some of the neighbours girls to run in
often.
Beware of man of one book, espe-
cially if it is a subscription book Boston
Bulletin.
That this world is not balanced right
Is plainly to be seen,
When one man walks to make him fat,
And another to make him lean.
-D0nsriHe Breeze
A correspondent wants to know the
meaning of "Pro Bono Publico." In a
majority Of cases it means that the writer
who thus signs his newspaper communi-
cation is q chronic growler. .-Norristown
Herald.
Johnny" said mother to her son.
nine years old, 'go and wash your
face; / am ashamed of seeing you come
to dinner with such dirty mouth" II
did wash it, mamma" and feeling his
upper lip, said gravely; II think it must
be mustaohe coming. -sJtings.
That Cupid in blindness must follow his
works,
Is blessing, and not disaster,
Since It keeps the men from seeing the PIN
pie that turks
Meath the maiden's small patch OF court
plaster.
Merchant Traveller
"What mobile countenance Miss L.
has, }" said gentleman to young lady at
a social gathering the other evening
"Yes, replied the young woman with an
effort to smile, for Miss L. was her hated
rival, 'she has very Mobile countenance
and New Orleans molasses colored hair.
And she elevated her little pug nose al
high as she could, and found an attrac-
ton at the other side of the oom.-El-
mira Gazette.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
Safe Deposit Companies.

The idea Of safe deposit companies, so
common and successful. originated with
the proprietor Of drinking saloon near
Washington Market. The butchers used
70 bring their tin boxes to him for storage
over night in his safe, until finally he
could not accommodate them all. At
lending an auction sale one day. he pur-
chased large safe, had il fitted into COM
partmcnts, and assessed the cost among
his patrons. Shortly aftcrward the first
safe deposit company was opened on
lower Broadway. one Of the promoters
having watched the working Of the sys-
tenn described. Several attempts have
been made to introduce the system in
London. but have been unsuccessful ca
scpting as concerns the ''city. "-Ness
Tork Timv.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
A Prairie of Pitch.

have Just returned from trip to ths
so-called "Pitch Lake, writes a coz
respondent from Port of Spain, Trinidad,
to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Running
south down the Parian Gulf to La Brea,
some forty miles distant from this port,
VIC there dsembarked, and, climbing a
gentle ascent of 14O feet We found the
lake, a little more than a mile inland.
Strictly speaking, there is no lake in the
common acceptance of the term, but a
level plain, composed of a concrete,
though flexible, mass Of pitch, covering
an area of perhaps 100 acres.
Bushes, patches Of vegetation and oc-
casional pools of brackish water diversity
the surface here and there, giving 1t the
appearance OF mud swamp. There 10
no difficulty in walking or wading from
one end to the other, for with the sole
exception of several places where the
pitch is in a state of ebullition in a soft
and viscid consistency the ''laken is semi
solid. On it l found chestnut -colored
men and women digging out large clods
Of the asphalt with AK and shovel and
loading it upon donkey carts.
Each lump of the asphalt exhibited
small cavities, and we were informed by
the diggers that they never dig deep
enough TO find the pitch at all softcned.
The roughcncd surface Of the pits is ex-
posed TO the tropical sun, and within q
few days the cavities are full again. From
30, 900 10 40, 900 tons of the asphalt are
dug out every year, each cubic foot OF
the pitch weighing on an average sixty
pounds. II is estimated that there arc in
The deposit not less than 10000, 900
pounds which, at the present rate of dig
ying, should last fully s, 900 years.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

A Chicago paper states that Mrs. Hen
tricks, widow Of the late Vice President,
continues to be annoyed and distressed
by the receipt of begging letters, the
writers resorting to every conceivable ex-
suse to induce charitable contribution.
She is also beseiged with requests for
autographs and photographs of the dis
tinguishcd dead, and with reference to
The former she says that she has cut the
autographs from letter and papers at her
command which can be spared, and she
ran send no more. There are also de-
mands upon her for souvenirs of Mr..
Hendricks. Quite recently, among the
oddest demands for charity which have
been received was one from woman pro
iessing TO be the mothsr of triplets, who
wanted money with which to buy COW.
The woman said in the letter that Pres
dent Cleveland had contributed toward
This object, but he failed to send enough
money.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

Colonel w. L. Utley, who recently died
at Racine, Wisconsin, was "the owner Of
she last slave on American soil" says 3
correspondent Of the Milwaukee Sentinel
When he was'in Tennessee with his regi
ment, q colored boy escaped from his
master and sought refuge in the Colonel's
tent. The owner came into camp the
next day aud demanded the surrender Of
mis- property, but Colonel Utley refused to
give up the boy. Several years afterward
the slave owner brought suit in the United
States Cour; in the Milwaukee District
for damages, and secured verdict of
81 600, which Colonel UtIey paid.
This, says the correspondent, twas the
last Judgment Of the kind. Colonel
t'tley applied TO Congress for relief, and
more than ten years after the emancipa-
ion proclamation he was Unidentified by
,he government for the money he gave
Tor the boys freedom.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
WISE WORDS.

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the
passions are the voice of the body.
The first and last thing which is re-
quired of genius is the love ftruth.
Hidden virtue is often dcspised, mas
much as nothing cxtols it in our eyes.
The reproaches Of enemies should
quicken us to duty, and not keep us from
duty.
Pleasure must first have the warrant
that it is without sin; then, the measure,
that it is without excess.
Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural
troubles. Infected minds TO their deaf
pillows will discharge their secrets.
Life is before you-not earthly life
alone, but life, thread running inter-
minably through the warp of eternity.
Every beautiful, reand good thought
which the heart entertains is an angel OF
mercy, purifying and guarding the soul.
Let man learn that everything in ma
turc, even notes and feathers, go by law
and not by ''luck, y and that what he sows
he reaps.
oh, how small portion of earth will
hold us when we arc dead, who am
bitiously seek after the whole world while
we are living!
As the medical properties Of some
plants can be adduccd only by distilla-
ton, so our good qualities can only be
proved by trials.
Great efforts from great motives is the
best definition Of happy life. The
easiest labor is burden to him who has
no motive for performing It.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
oLD-FAsHroNED ROSES.


They amt no style about 'em.
And they're sorter pale and faded;
Yit the doorway here without EN-
Would DO lonesomer, and shaded
With a good 'eal blaclSer shadder
Than the mornin' glories makes,
And the sunshine would look sadder,
For their good, old-fashioned sales.
I like 'em cause they kind o.
Sorter makes feller like 'em;
And tell you when you find
Bunch out whur the sun can strike 'em
Il allus sets me thinkin'
o. the ones at used to grow,
And peek in through the chinlsin'
o. the cabin, don't You know.
And then think O mother,
And how she used to love 'en,
When they wuzn't any other,
Less they found 'em up above 'sml
And her eyes, afore sheshut 'em,
Whispered with smile, and said,
Wemust pluck bunch and put 'em
In her hand when she Tos dead.
But, as Iwuz a sayin',
They amt no style about 'em
Very gaudy or displayin',
But wouldn't be without 'em,
Cause Tn happier in these poses
And the hollyhawks and sich
Than the hummin' bird at noses
In the roses of the rich.
james Whitcomb Riley
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

A 1e-ycar-old school boy, who had TO
be called dozen times in the morning
before he came down to breakfast, was
reused from hismatin slumbers the other
day bya loud clap OF thunder, the electric
holt knocking a big hole in the roof Of
the house, going through the ceiling,
splitting open the hcadboard Of the bed,
singoing his hair, and passing through
tho floor and out at the kitchen door.
Tho lad partly opened his eyes, family
murmured: "Yes, I'm coming" and i'm
mcdiately turned over for fresh snooze.
--Norr;stolsa Herald.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

The reports of the Challenger exploring
expedition form perhaps the most elabor-
atc and expensive single work ever pub
lishcd b. any government, the net cost to
Great Britain having been thus far about
S2G5, 900, an additiona, 100000 having
been recovered from sales. No less that
twcnty-soyen large quarto volumes have
been issued, illustrated by about 200 full
page li'hogFaphie plates, some eighty
charts and diagrams, and many hundred
photographs and wood-cuts. At least
seven volumes more win be necessary, but
II is expected that the whole work will
be completed by March, 1888 The fa-
nous expedition which has thrown 80
much light on the derkness Of the deep
sea, left England. II will be remembered,
December 21, 1879, and returned May 90,
1876, nficEa voyage Of more than 10000
miles. Tho party, under DIR. Wyvillc
Thompson, made dredgings and sound
ings in all the oceans, and secured inn
portant collections representing host Of
new discoveries concerning submarine
life and conditions.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
THE
Charlotte Messenger
IS PUBLISHED
Every Saturday,
CHARLOTTE, N. c.

In the Interests Of the Colored People
of the Country.
Able and well-known writers will contrib
ute to its columns from different parts of the
country, and it will contain tho latest Gen
eral News Of the day.
THE MESSENGER is f'rst-clnss newspaper
and will not allow personal abuse in its col
1iinns. II is not sertarian or partisan, hut
independent dealing fairly by M u re-
serves the right To criticse tne s. cttcomings
Of all public officials commencing the
worthy, and recommending Grr election such
men as in its opinion arr lssl suited 10 serve
the interests Of the people
1t is intended 20 supply tho long felt need
Of newspaper 10 advocatc the rights and
defend the inter rts Of the Negro American,
especially in tho Piedmont section of the
Carcjnas.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

The plan of throwing bridge over the
Straits of Messina, that separate Sicily
from Italy, will, when consummated, be
one of the most striking feats of modern
engineering. The place selected is where
the channel is two and one-haIf miles
wide and three hundred and sixty-on
feet deep and two piers will support a
viaduct of steel rails to height of three
hundred and twenty eight feet above the
water.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

Professor Baird says fishes can live tc
he $50 years old. We don't doubt this
in the least They are always the largest
fishes too. That is the kind that a.way:
breaks away from the hook at the very
last moment, and never is seen again.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16

Gold in small quantities has been found
at San Diego. II is suspected that tue
wife Of an editor has gone through her
husbands trousers pockets. --noristown
Herald.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-04-16
W. C. SMITH. Charlotte N c,

Address,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
The School Teachers Mistake.

FulldOelpniA RECORD.
A physicians carriage standing before pri-
vate residence is not always an infallible sign of
contagious disease, and a young lady school
teacher in the Nineteenth ward was forcibly
impressed with this fact last week. There is a
standing rule which requires that in case Of
sickness in the homo of any pupil physicians
certificate of the absence of danger from conta
gion must be presented before the pupil shall be
permitted to remain in the school A few DAYS
ago. as the teacher in question was passing the
home of of her young pupils. she saw a
doctors carriage before the door, AT once the
thought of the terrors of contagious disease
arose in her mind. ana when she arrived at
the school-house she waited in anxious suspense
until the little girl from the house of sickness
made her appearance. The child was sum-
moned TO the teaches's desk and asked: ''Have
You physicians certi6cate| mo. ma'am."
was the timid response. Then You must go
home and not come here until You have a certif-
cate from the DOCTOR" the child disappeared.
but soon after returned and, eeefully approach
ing her teacher, exclaimed: please. maam.
but it's little boy-baby-and the doctor says 1t
isn't catchng"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.
NEW YORK, April 6-Flour-Receipts, 10 46o
brls and sacks; exports, 5.11l brls and S,41S
racks: sales, 13, 800 brls; market dull.
Wheat-Receipts. 40,l50 bu; exports, 1924
blu; sales, 6,592.000 bu futures and 1872, 900 bu
spot Spot lots advanced a &c and options 10
lie, closing Arm; export demand moderate spec
ulation moro active: No spring nominal at
e2tc: No hard. 9os a Gc delivered; ungrsded
red, so a 94Ic: No. red. 90Ac; No red, % 92sc
in elevator, 93l q 93sc delivered: No l red 94tc:
No ! white 924c extra red 939 1933c; No
red April. 9ls a 9lsc, closing at 9lsc May. 9la a
924c, closing at 92.c: June. 90s 9lsc closing at
9lsc; July, Goa 0sc. closing at 90ic; August.
S9t S9ic, closing at S9kc: September. s9s a 905c
closing at 90ac; December 93k a % 49, Ice, closn
at 93ic; January. 81 3-l6 a 943c closing at 94sc;
MAY (I88Sl, 91i a 9Ssc, closing at 9Ssc.
Corn-Receipts, ~, $50 bu; exports 167 bu;
sales, 400 coo be futures and l26,00 bu spot
spot lots 4c. and options a &c higher. closing
steady; rather more doing; ungraded, 35t a soc;
steamer, 464c 4Ssc liz elevator: No 2, Ash casio
in elevator 49sc delivered; low mixed. 4Stc in ell
evator; steamer white, 40 a 49sc in elevator; yell
low ACC in elevator. steamer yellow, 4s2c in ele-
vator; white Western, 503c delivered: No. 2
April, 4oA a4ssc, closing at 4Ssc; May, ass a
aisle. closing ST 48sc; June, ASS 64SSc, closing
at 4ssc: July, 80! a49sc. closing at 49sc.
Oats-Receipts. 100000 bu; exports. go bu;
bdiee loU,OvO bu iutuTes anu i-T,ooO bu epnii
market tribe higher: mixed Western. 80 037c;
white Western. 80 d4l1c.
Hops dull and easy.
Cofee-Sales, So 900 bags; spot fair Rio
quiet: options easier and active; April and May,
- IS n 10 90c June. IL s. a 3 Csc: July l3 SIS a
lac; August 1890 a 4c September. 140
IA 05c October. IA o. a H. Zoe: November. ii. IL
@i4 poe. Sugar duh and unchanged, refined
quiet; mold A. 5bc: standard A. . 5-l6 5ac
confectionery A. 81 as ll,l6c. Molasses Arm
and active; so test, 20c.
Rice steady.
Tallow steady. Rosin dull
Pork dull and nominal Cut meats firm
Lard dull and lower; Western steam spot
7.57Ac: april. T54e; May. 75S a Soc; June
764 III. 66c; July. T. zoe; October, Soc
Butter quiet and weak. Cheese firm ard un
changed.
Eggs Receipts s,O22 packages; steady fair